Gates Brown
1963–1975 · bats L / throws R · Detroit Tigers
1,051G
.257AVG
.330OBP
.420SLG
More career statistics
582H
84HR
322RBI
30SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,051 | 2,545 | 2,262 | 330 | 582 | 78 | 19 | 84 | 322 | 242 | 275 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 950 | .257 | .330 | .420 | .750 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1964-07-12 to 1964-07-20
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1966-05-21 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1969-05-18 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1965-08-15 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 533 | 1282 | 278 | 50 | 167 | 137 | 129 | .248 | .324 | .427 |
| Away | 518 | 1263 | 304 | 34 | 155 | 105 | 146 | .266 | .324 | .413 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 93 | 207 | 42 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 24 | .228 | .309 | .348 |
| May | 156 | 340 | 81 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 44 | .267 | .329 | .396 |
| June | 190 | 406 | 87 | 13 | 47 | 38 | 45 | .240 | .308 | .412 |
| July | 184 | 464 | 119 | 20 | 63 | 39 | 45 | .288 | .341 | .487 |
| August | 210 | 578 | 147 | 22 | 93 | 51 | 62 | .284 | .343 | .479 |
| September | 206 | 508 | 94 | 15 | 55 | 60 | 49 | .213 | .303 | .346 |
| October | 12 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .300 | .310 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 131 | 293 | 67 | 16 | 46 | 42 | 26 | .273 | .372 | .543 |
| cleveland-guardians | 124 | 327 | 76 | 11 | 36 | 23 | 34 | .252 | .303 | .402 |
| baltimore-orioles | 109 | 253 | 57 | 10 | 29 | 20 | 38 | .250 | .304 | .434 |
| new-york-yankees | 107 | 232 | 53 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 19 | .245 | .297 | .361 |
| minnesota-twins | 106 | 256 | 57 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 38 | .241 | .285 | .388 |
| chicago-white-sox | 85 | 231 | 49 | 11 | 33 | 22 | 31 | .240 | .307 | .451 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 76 | 167 | 39 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 11 | .271 | .341 | .396 |
| california-angels | 65 | 162 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 18 | .244 | .358 | .430 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Detroit Tigers | 55 | 82 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1964 | Detroit Tigers | 123 | 426 | 116 | 15 | 54 | 11 | .272 | – | – |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 96 | 227 | 58 | 10 | 43 | 6 | .256 | – | – |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 88 | 169 | 45 | 7 | 27 | 3 | .266 | – | – |
| 1967 | Detroit Tigers | 51 | 91 | 17 | 2 | 9 | – | .187 | – | – |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | 67 | 92 | 34 | 6 | 15 | – | .370 | – | – |
| 1969 | Detroit Tigers | 60 | 93 | 19 | 1 | 6 | – | .204 | – | – |
| 1970 | Detroit Tigers | 81 | 124 | 28 | 3 | 24 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1971 | Detroit Tigers | 82 | 195 | 66 | 11 | 29 | 4 | .338 | – | – |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers | 103 | 252 | 58 | 10 | 31 | 3 | .230 | – | – |
| 1973 | Detroit Tigers | 125 | 377 | 89 | 12 | 50 | 1 | .236 | – | – |
| 1974 | Detroit Tigers | 73 | 99 | 24 | 4 | 17 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1975 | Detroit Tigers | 47 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | .171 | – | – |